raptz3r's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Evil INC. - Disorder Granted]

Nicely done

One of the best songs I've heard on newgrounds *so far*.

Nevrosia666 responds:

At each votes , each of you makes us stronger.
Keep the support !

Thanks.

[Tektonik]

Couple things

#1 It was waaay too long the first part was pretty cool but it was just the same thing over and over.
#2 The drum beat in the background should change a bit because for about four minutes it is the loudest thing and the most repetitive thing, so either make it softer or change it up, you also went back to that at the end so that made me a bit frustrated.
#3 this isn't really a techno song it's like relaxed industrial.

hardcorescm responds:

thanks for your comments - ill take them on board for future tracks, esp the variety bit

i do tend to make overly long tracks as thats what i like

[Female Samurai]

nice

In the begining it was good but I felt myself listening almost more to the drums than to the melody and I had to concentrate on the melody to hear it, you want the melody to be the main thing that a person hears without them trying

at 2:20 i felt that the song lost all connection to the begining except for the melody, so it felt almost like a new song. here it is way to different instrument wise I like the idea of the guitar like that but keep some of the other instruments the same or make the plucked instrument at the begining do something different in the end.

the song started off as the "female samurai" but ended like some sort of futuristic soldier.

CardboardowI responds:

This song is a story about her life, as a transition from a young girl to a warrior. Thus why the song changes so much. The melody is able to be recognized at the end so you know it's the same person, but everything else is changed about it so that you know she has changed as well.

As for you listening to the drums more so than the melody, I don't really know how to respond to that, since I only used about 3 different loops throughout the whole song with a couple extra kicks thrown in.

for future reference The plucked instrument you are talking about is called a koto.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Autumn Odyssey]

Good

I liked the basic song but i think that the entrance of the new melody at 1:06 was a little harsh, but I liked it when it happened at 2:10. also at the very end starting at around 3:00 it started doing that fade in fade out thing and I didn't think that really fit with the rest of the song.

CardboardowI responds:

as for the difference between the harshness at 1:06 and 2:10, the chords were simply set at a lower octave so the sound is literally less piercing. I wanted the chords to be harder, or harsher earlier on, and subtle later.

As for "around 3:00" if you are talking about how i brought the chords in again that was simply a crescendo. if you are talking about anything else im not exactly sure what you mean.

Thanks for the review, check back again!

[Life IS short]

repetitive

this is #1 a happy song I think you should have named it something different. and also it gets pretty repetive after awhile so if you could switch it up a bit that would be great.

GreenGeralt77 responds:

eh. this was more or less an attempt at using different drum beats and bass licks on the same melody. so i think ill just leave it be. thx for the comment though.

[{SFS} The Sun God]

it good

i think it is good. it has a good beat and melody but i think it is a bit to repetitive. I have never played Civ III so I don't know what the music is like, but If it is like this it should be pretty good. keep working to improve.

samulis responds:

Thanks... I guess you would call this more of a step than an actual project... I have been working with drums lately (my previous projects are focused on melody more).